Ference scored his third goal of the season in Friday's shootout loss to the Blue Jackets. Ference also put three shots on net in the defeat, matching his highest total of the season. As that low number would indicate, Ference typically functions as a stay-at-home defensemen, which makes the three-game assist streak he built in February all the more peculiar. He's something of an asset in the hits column (149 in 66 games), but that's likely not a large enough total to compensate for his lack of scoring and an ugly minus-17 rating.